Three major former Ministry of Defence sites around Bath have been sold for development in a move that could eventually lead to the construction of more than 1,000 homes. The land at Foxhill, Warminster Road and Ensleigh was put up for sale by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) – the MoD’s property and services...
Bath law firm Stone King has appointed experienced lawyers Amanda Watts and Jo Boyle to its growing residential property team. Amanda, pictured, right, with Stone King’s managing partner Steven Greenwood, joins the firm, which also has offices in Melksham, Cambridge and London, from Hertfordshire legal practice Nockolds where she was a partner in its...
Women in Property, the networking and professional development organisation, is to stage events in Bath and Chippenham as well as other areas across the South West as part of a new focus following the election of a new regional chairman. Naomi Chesterman, an associate in the property litigation team at Bristol law firm Veale...
The NHS is to take office space in Bewley House, Chippenham, in a deal that means the former headquarters of North Wiltshire District Council is fully occupied again. Wiltshire NHS Primary Care Trust has signed a 10-year lease with Bewley House owners, based-based HPH Commercial Property, for the entire first floor of the building....
Property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle has expanded its Bath team with the appointment of valuation expert Richard Clark. Richard, pictured, has joined as director in the valuation advisory team after a 13-year stint at rival DTZ in Bristol providing commercial and residential valuation advice. He specialises in the provision of valuation advice to banks...
Invest in Bristol and Bath, the recently-formed inward investment body for the West region, is reviewing important leads received at the world’s top property fair. The body created a show-stealing, 50 sq m mural at its stand at MIPIM in Cannes earlier this month to grab attention for the range of opportunities presented by...
The Chancellor’s surprise announcement to bring in the Help-to-Buy scheme was welcomed by the property and construction industries – with housebuilders in particular enjoying some rare good news. The property sector in the West picked up on some of the positives – but like most other industries, considered that more could have been done...
RACS Group, the fast-growing Warminster-based outsourced payroll provider, has launched its prestigious new offices with an official opening party at which South West Wiltshire MP Dr Andrew Murrison cut the opening ribbon. More than 90 guests were given tours of the recently refurbished 10,000 sq ft offices. Following a £750,000 refurbishment, the former Wessex...
Civil and structural engineering consultancy Rodgers Leask has been appointed to the £100m regeneration of the Royal Bath & West Showground. The Midlands-based firm is working alongside developers London & Wharfedale on the project, which will create 1,500 jobs on more than 100 acres of redeveloped land on the edge of Shepton Mallet. The...
West accountants Old Mill has relocated its Shepton Mallet office to Wells, where it has built a carbon-friendly 10,000 sq ft head office on the city’s Cathedral Park business complex. Eighty staff have moved to Bishopbrook House, which was commissioned by Old Mill and funded through its partners’ pension scheme. The two-storey building as...
